Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 29: High Court today handed over the investigation of the death of a Police officer’s wife to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and observed that Police has attempted to shield her husband.
The Court observed since Vivek Bhasin was Inspector in the security wing of the Chief Minister when his wife Neha Kumari died of a bullet from the service rifle of her husband, the officer influencing the investigation can’t be ruled out.
Neha Kumari wife of Inspector Vivek Bhasin of Ustad Mohalla, Jammu, received a gun shot fired from her husband’s revolver at her house on February 26 last year and later succumbed to her injuries.
Hearing a petition filed by the father of the deceased, who sought that investigation of the case be handed over to an independent agency like Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or to any other specially constituted investigation team in regard to the murder of his daughter, the writ court while observing that there appeared to be a definite attempt to shield the accused police officer and handed over the investigation of the case to CBI.
“Since the accused is a police officer, there appeared to be a definite attempt to shield the accused by fellow police officers which is amply reflected in the manner in which investigation has been conducted. A ground has been made out for transferring the case for investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation”, read the judgment.
Court directed the CBI to forthwith investigate the circumstances leading to the death of deceased and determine whether the case was suicidal or homicidal.
As the case is registered only in terms of Sections 498-A/304-B RPC read with Section 30 of the Arms Act, depending upon the investigation so conducted, Court left it open to the CBI to book the accused under such offences as the CBI determines during the course of the investigation.
Based upon the enquiry conducted by the officer concerned and the report of the Ballistic expert from FSL, Jammu as also the postmortem report, it was established by the enquiry officer that deceased, Neha Kumari had died due to a gun shot from the service weapon of her husband, Vivek Bhasin and, therefore, inquest proceedings were converted into a case bearing FIR No. 85 of 2018 under Sections 498-A/304-B RPC read with Section 30 of the Arms Act and investigation initiated by the concerned SHO.
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